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the messiah of fps games
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 2
Date: November 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User
first of all the fools that say this game is mediocre
are wrong, the only bad thing about this game is....well fihgting the flood again(nooooooooooooooooooooooo)this game is pretty much the same as the first one but faster ,more fun, and prettier.it even has a voiceing from michelle rodriguese the (cool)hot girl from resident evil 1!
so dont listen to the lies of mediecroce . this game is a 10/10!
HAlO 2 Rocks!!!!
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 2
Date: November 30, 2004
Author: Amazon User
All u guys who say halo is mediocre and stuff like that are absoulutly crazy... the game is light years better then halo,not dissing it or anything but come on. ALl u guys who write all that stuff are big complainers. I would give this game and all of its merchendise five million stars.... ne way halo rocks like no other and if u say gta is better u are insane.
BEST GAME EVER CREATED
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 30, 2004
Author: Amazon User
THIS IS THE BEST GAME EVER CREATED! ( so far until Halo 3 comes out :-D )
I'm not gonna write a 3 paragraphs because people don't have time to endless reviews.
-GREAT ONLINE GAMEPLAY
-GREAT GRAPHICS
-QUALITY- BUNGIE SPENT YEARS ON THIS GAME- SUPERIOR DETAILS COMPARED TO OTHER GAMES, THIS GOES ALONG WITH GREAT GRAPHICS
-THERE IS A REASON HALO 2 IS THE #1 MOST GAME PLAYED ON X-BOX LIVE and HAS 312,832 UNIQUE PLAYERS.
-I GIVE THIS 6 stars out of 5!!!
-BUY THIS
THe SHiznid
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 5
Date: December 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User
this game is hotter than a freaken rican in an oven. honestly, the dual wielding gun mode, better vehicles, 50 more guns, and human cities make this game absolutely amazing. buy it. LIVESTRONG OR DIE WEAK
Which is better the First or the Sequal
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User
Halo was a game which revolutionized game play. I brought fans from all nationalities, races, and gender together. With its larger than life battle fields, selection of guns and vehicles, it was in my oppinion the best game of all time.
Halo II is much like the first, with much better and intense graphics. Though the graphics have been greatly improved, the pure detail is almost cluttering to the screen, distracting the player in my oppinion, I have had friends both agree and disagree. The new vehicles and weapons are kick ass, though the modifications to the old weapons were somewhat undesired. The maps are relatively more close quaters, Blood Gulth and Battle Creek are back and revamped.
My favorite change is the much improved online play. Two words: HELL YAH!
Best game ever
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User
Realism 10/10
Graphics 10/10
Gameplay 10/10
sound 10/10
Multiplayer 10/10
An absolute amazing game. . . .GAME OF THE YEAR!!
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 09, 2004
Author: Amazon User
I don't care what anyone else says. . .the sequel to the amazing first Halo well lives up to the hype of a astonishing game!The game gives several new features. . .including dual guns, more levels, a much more detailed story mode, and the graphics are amazing. I beleive this game is so great it will win game of the year and i hope it does. Being I've made this review i beleive it was well worth my parents 50$ purchase for this game. I highly suggest buying it, it's a must have game. I guarentee you'll like it!
I played this awsome game for 8 hours straight ITS AWSOME
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User
This game is so sweet I went to my friends and played it for the first time....IT WAS SO SWEET HE AND I PLAYED IT ALL DAY 8 HOURS STRAIGHT. Dang I feel this game will be game of the year! it's so sweet. The Multiplayer will blow your mind. SO many new features like New levels and stuff...And the Campain is much better BUY THIS GAME.....Did you buy it yet!? Go spend your $50 on it now its worth it. XBOX live Makes it so cool playing online and downloading new maps...overall GAME OF THE YEAR 1st place halo2 snd place GTA san andreas 3rd Metal gear solid 3 snake eater. THESE ARE ALL GREAT GAMES. The rest of the games dont contend, games like Prince of persia warrior within are sweet, and Def Jam Fight for NY and im about to play metroid prim2 echoes...ALL GRRRRRRRRRREAT titles but HALO2 WILL SURELY WIN. So purchase it. But all the titles i listed are tight so try em all. I promise you'll like em.
BUY THEM BUY THEM BUY THEM BUY THEM BUY THEM BUY THEM BUY THEM BUY THEM BUY THEM BUY THEM!!!!!!!!
Metal Gear solid 3: snake eater owns all other games!!!!!!!!
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 8
Date: December 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User
METAL GEAR SOLID IS SO SWEET! I PLAYED IT CONSTANTLY GOD...I RENTED IT AND BEAT IT I CANT WAIT TILL I GET IT FOR X-MAS. The features of the game are so cool...you got Camoflague, new guns, and the awsome snake vs monkey feature ( u catch monkeys from the game APE ESCAPE) As the game starts you are in a jungle on SNakes first mission (DONT WORRY ITS A RAIDEN MASK TO THOSE RAIDEN HATERS) then you have to explore your way to sokolov's camp area there you meet ocelot and eva (aka Tatyana Later on)then you have a conflict between ocelot's men. you beat em then you gotta go further into the jungle. afterwards you verse the easy ocelot. ( just shoot him while he reloads) afterwards your in a cave venture through and get to vs. the pain. he is very easy. After this you venture to Granin's weapon lockout and after you speak to him you verse. The fear. ( easy attack him when you see him climbing a tree) after this, you go further in the jungle and verse...my worst hated boss...the end...he tkaes a long time to find then you just hunt him down through the areas. After this you go to a facility where you eventually meet the Fury which is easy as Heck. just shoot em while he searches for u on foot. After this you go to Volgin and sokolov's weapon refinery
Then after a LONG LONG LONG time you verse the metal gear Shagohod and then volgin. after you beat them you verse them as a fused version you gotta blow up ona bridge by shooting a c3 bomb placed. Then after all this you go toa meadow and verse THE BOSS and kill her. After dis you learn EVA *aka Tatyana* is really a chinese spy looking for the Legacy which is stolen by america and OCELOT was with the whole time...when your at sokolov the first time how it says adam coodnt make it....he did...he was ocelot..
SORRY FOR RUINING THE STORY MAUHAHAHAH
Falling Short of Expectations
3
Rating: 3,
Useful: 0 / 2
Date: January 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User
Halo 2 is not a bad game at all. However, it has not lived up to the expectations of many Halo fans. For a person who had no expectations about the game at all, it is conceivable that someone would see no flaws in it at all.
The fact of the matter is that there are certain elements that make Halo 2 less thrilling that Halo. For one, it appeared earlier in development that this was going to take place mostly on Earth. There were some levels that can be seen in E3 previews that didn't seem to make it into the final game.
Dual wielding is great, but it could be better. If you use melee while dual-wielding, you automatically drop the dual-wielded weapon. Why is that? If anything, you should be capable of twice as much damage by hitting enemies with the two simultaneously.
For anyone who has played Halo for the PC, they will be disappointed when it comes to online multiplayer. There is no list of running servers that you can choose from. The easiest (and fastest) way to join a game is to use Optimatch, which matches players of equal rank. This could, in theory, be good, except that short of team or non-team, you cannot choose anything. This includes map, weapons, or gametype.
So if you're looking for a Slayer match, there's a chance you'll be playing Oddball instead. And if you want to play with swords, you might get rockets instead. And if you want to play on Beaver Creek, you could wind up playing on Zanzibar.
Of course, you can make a custom game, but the only people who can find it are those on your friends list, and unless you have many friends online at once you won't get much of a turnout.
The campaign would have been better with a better ending instead of just stopping suddenly and going to the credits. It is, however, reasonably fun to play, and playing as the Covenant Arbiter and turning invisible (albeit for an extremely short while) on your whim is entertaining and useful.
All in all, the game itself is not that bad, but when compared to the first game, it falls very short of expectations.
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